Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform ...

I did something recently I haven’t done in a long time: I recompiled the Linux kernel. There was a time when this was a common occurrence. You might want a feature that the default kernel didn’t ...

To: akpm-AT-linux-foundation.org, willy-AT-infradead.org, tglx-AT-linutronix.de, mingo-AT-redhat.com, hpa-AT-zytor.com, x86-AT-kernel.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel ...

Loadable kernel modules provide a mechanism to dynamically modify the functionality of a running system, by allowing code to be loaded and unloaded from the kernel. Loading code into the kernel via a ...